#Willis Goldbeck

[gatutor]

Dorothy Ford-Mickey Rooney "Los romances de Andy Hardy" (Love laughs at Andy Hardy) 1946, de Willis Goldbeck.

#Dorothy Ford #Mickey Rooney #Willis Goldbeck

[cinemgc]

Freaks (1932, US)

 • Dirección: Tod Browning

 • Guion: Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon

 • Cinematografía: Merritt B. Gerstad

 • Cast: Olga Baclanova

#Película #Gif #Terror #Blanco y negro #La parada de los monstruos #Película de culto #Tod Browning #Willis Goldbeck #Leon Gordon #Merritt B. Gerstad #Olga Baclanova #Film #Cult Movie #Freaks #Black and White #Horror Movie #Cult Film #Cleopatra #1932 #30s

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

original lobby card set with title card for Peter Pan (1924), written by Willis Goldbeck, based on JM Barrie's play. Willis was born in New York City and had 40 screenwriter credits from 1923 to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).

His other notable credits include Freaks, The Garden of Allah (with Marlene Dietrich), Young Dr Kildare (and nine sequels), The Colossus of New York (with Rory Calhoun), and Sergeant Rutledge (the first of two for John Ford).

#peter pan #betty bronson #willis goldbeck

[movie-titlecards]

Peter Pan (1924)

My rating: 6/10

#Peter Pan #Herbert Brenon #J.M. Barrie #Willis Goldbeck #Betty Bronson #Ernest Torrence #George Ali #Youtube

[brokehorrorfan]

Tod Browning's Sideshow Shockers will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 17 via The Criterion Collection. The set collects three films directed by Tod Browning: Freaks, The Unknown, and The Mystic.

Freaks (also known as The Monster Story, Forbidden Love, and Nature's Mistake) is a 1932 horror film written by Willis Goldbeck and Leon Gordon. Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, and Roscoe Ates star.

The Unknown is a 1927 silent horror film written by Waldemar Young. Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, and Nick De Ruiz star.

The Mystic is a 1925 silent drama film written by Browning and Young. Aileen Pringle, Conway Tearle, and Mitchell Lewis star.

Freaks has been digitally restored in 2K with uncompressed monaural sound. The Unknown has been digitally reconstructed and restored in 2K with a new score by composer Philip Carli. The Mystic has been digitally restored in 2K with a new score by composer Dean Hurley.

Raphael Geroni designed the cover art. Special features are detailed below.

Special features:

Freaks audio commentary by film scholar David J. Skal

The Unknown audio commentary by film scholar David J. Skal

The Mystic introduction by film scholar David J. Skal

Interview with author Megan Abbott about director Tod Browning and pre-Code horror (new)

Freaks archival documentary

"Spurs" - Reading of Tod Robbins' short story on which Freaks is based

Freaks prolgue, added to the film in 1947

Freaks alternate endings featurette

Freaks portrait video glalery

Essay by film critic Farran Smith Nehme

The most transgressive film produced by a major American studio in the 1930s, Tod Browning’s crowning achievement has haunted the margins of cinema for nearly one hundred years. An unforgettable cast of real-life sideshow performers portray the entertainers in a traveling circus who, shunned by mainstream society, live according to their own code—one of radical acceptance for the fellow oppressed and, as the show’s beautiful but cruel trapeze artist learns, of terrifying retribution for those who cross them. Received with revulsion by viewers upon its initial release, Freaks effectively ended Browning’s career but can now be seen for what it is: an audacious cry for understanding and a singular experience of nightmarish, almost avant-garde power.

The most celebrated and exquisitely perverse of the many collaborations between Tod Browning and his legendary leading man Lon Chaney, The Unknown features a wrenchingly physical performance from “the Man of a Thousand Faces” as the armless Spanish knife thrower Alonzo (he flings daggers with his feet) whose dastardly infatuation with his beautiful assistant (Joan Crawford)—a woman, it just so happens, who cannot bear to be touched by the hands of any man—drives him to unspeakable extremes. Sadomasochistic obsession, deception, murder, disfigurement, and a spectacular Grand Guignol climax—Browning wrings every last frisson from the lurid premise.

A fantastically atmospheric but rarely seen missing link in the development of Tod Browning’s artistry, set amid his favored milieu of shadowy sideshows and clever criminals, The Mystic provides a striking showcase for silent-era diva Aileen Pringle, who sports a series of memorably outré looks (courtesy of art-deco designer Erté) as Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man (Conway Tearle), crashes—and proceeds to swindle—American high society. Browning’s fascination with the weird is on full display in the eerie séance sequences, while his subversive moral ambiguity extends surprising sympathy to even the most seemingly irredeemable of antiheroes.

#tod browning #freaks #the unknown #the mystic #criterion #the criterion collection #criterion collection #dvd #gift #raphael geroni #horror #classic horror #lon chaney #joan crawford #silent horror

[uwmspeccoll]

Steamy Saturday

"Flaring passions behind hospital doors."

". . . hospitals are sex-charged places full of the pressures of unfulfilled and unfulfillable yearnings. . . ."

". . . soldiers return bedridden . . . and women . . . were all too eager to supply what they missed."

". . . there are some who will read this book furtively, looking for the lurid passages."

". . . revealing the seamy side of hospital experiences."

". . . a dozen intertwined tales of love among the limbless."

Whoa, whoa, whoa!! What kind of steam is this?! Despite its lurid cover art with its inflammatory copy to entice readers, this pulp novel is not nearly as sordid as it is made out to be. But it is about the rehabilitation of soldiers disabled by war and the nurses who care for them. And, yes, there is some romance.

Ward 20 is by American military and Western writer James Warner Bellah (1899-1976). Despite writing for the pulps, a number of his stories were turned into films, such as John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy," Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950), and with Willis Goldbeck, Bellah wrote the screenplays for Sergeant Rutledge (1960) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Bellah himself was a veteran of both World Wars, leaving the service with the rank of Colonel. As a veteran, he wrote his military stories with authority, and Ward 20 was heralded for its stark authenticity.

Ward 20 was originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1946. Our copy is the first pulp-fiction edition published in New York by Popular Library in 1953.

View other nurse romance novels.

View other pulp fiction posts.

#Steamy Saturday #pulp fiction #pulp novels #romance novels #romance fiction #military fiction #nurse romance fiction #nurse romance novels #nurses #soldiers #veterans #disabled veterans #Ward 20 #James Warner Bellah #Popular Library

[vintage-every-day]

𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒚 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒚 is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Willis Goldbeck and starring Mickey Rooney, here with Dorothy Ford.

#vintage #old hollywood #movies #golden era #dorothy ford #mickey rooney

[thewarmestplacetohide]

Dread by the Decade: Freaks

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Source Material: "Spurs" by Tod Robbins Year: 1932 Genre: Psychological Horror Rating: Unrated (Recommended: PG-13) Country of Origin: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 4 minutes

Director: Tod Browning Cinematographer: Merritt B. Gerstad Editor: Basil Wrangell Writers: Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Henry Victor, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Roscoe Ates, Rose Dione

Plot: A group of sideshow performers must protect their friend when he falls in love with a cruel trapeze artist.

Review: Shockingly forward-thinking for its time and genre, it humanizes its disabled cast and making human cruelty, instead, the source of its horror.

Overall Rating: 4/5

Story: 4/5 - An emotional one of exploitation and the loving communities that can be built in spite of it. Its main drawback is that some subplots are left unfinished.

Performances: 3/5 - Many cast members were not professional actors, which sometimes shows. Overall, though, most are charming, and Baclanova and Victor are suitably vile. Daisy Earles' scene of heartbreak at the wedding feast is a standout.

Cinematography: 4/5 - Good framing, lighting, and camera work.

Editing: 3/5 - Occasionally a little disjointed.

Effects: 4.5/5 - The rain is realistic and a penultimate scene at the end looks surprisingly solid.

Sets: 4.5/5 - The circus itself is barely shown, with sets instead consisting of the performers' lovingly personalized caravans.

Costumes & Make-Up: 4.5/5 - Quality costumes and make-up.

Trigger Warnings:

Mild violence

Mutilation (not shown)

Domestic abuse

Ableism (largely critiqued by the film)

Misogyny (uncritically perpetuated)

#Freaks (1932) #Freaks #Tod Browning #psychological horror #Dread by the Decade #review #1930s

[byneddiedingo]

Freaks (Tod Browning, 1932)

Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Rose Dione, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton. Screenplay: Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, based on a story by Clarence Aaron "Tod" Robbins. Cinematography: Merritt B. Gerstad. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Merrill Pye. Film editing: Basil Wrangell. 

Possibly the most unorthodox film ever made by a major Hollywood studio, let alone one made by MGM, a studio known for glossy entertainments. It was a kind of disaster when it was first released, subjected to censorship and deep cuts before being re-released, and even then widely panned, derided, and snubbed by critics and audiences. It could almost certainly not have been made after the introduction of the Production Code. It's a unique and unclassifiable movie that's usually treated as a horror film, but not easily filed away in that category. Its acceptance today as a classic, deserving its place in the National Film Registry as one of the most important American films, is largely the result of changing attitudes toward human diversity and difference, including the rejection of "eugenics," the pseudoscience that promoted the idea that only those deemed physically and mentally superior should be allowed to breed. As a movie, it's sometimes not particularly well acted and the central plot -- the trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) marries the dwarf Hans (Harry Earles) and then poisons him to try to get her hands on his inheritance -- is trite, though Cleopatra's comeuppance is effectively gruesome to say the least. But the movie is atmospherically staged and filmed, and the central theme of our common humanity prevails.   

#Freaks #Tod Browning

[derekfoxwit]

The Best Picture Oscar My Way (1951-1979)

Here is Part 3 of my “Best Picture My Way” series. The last two are found here. My stipulations can be found in Part 1.

For convenience sake, I’ll relay this message. For Best Picture, I’m only gonna list the nominated producer for newly added films (here’s the Wikipedia page for the rest). I will mostly go with the ones credited as “produced by” or “p.g.a.” (if the latter is shown) on IMDB as the nominees. Limit is five.

Also, if you’re wondering why there are more years listed here than the other two, that’ll be answered in the next part.

1951

Rashomon - Minoru Jingo

Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder

A Place in the Sun

Strangers on a Train - Alfred Hitchcock

A Street Called Desire

1952

High Noon

Forbidden Games - Robert Dorfmann

Singing in the Rain - Arthur Freed

Moulin Rogue

The Quiet Man

1953

Roman Holiday

From Here to Eternity

Shane

The Big Heat - Robert Arthur

The Stalag 17 - Billy Wilder

1954

On the Waterfront (still)

Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock

The Caine Mutiny

Dial M for Murder - Alfred Hitchcock

Johnny Guitar - Nicholas Ray

1955

Marty (still)

The Night of the Hunter - Paul Gregory

Rebel Without a Cause - David Weisbart

The Long Grey Line - Robert Arthur

Mister Roberts

1956

Tea and Sympathy - Pandro S. Berman

The Ten Commandments

Giant

The Killing - James B. Harris

The Searchers - Patrick Ford

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai (still)

12 Angry Men

Nights of Cabiria - Dino De Laurentiis

Witness for the Persecution

The Seventh Seal - Allan Ekelund

1958

Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock

Mon Oncle - Jacques Tati

Touch of Evil - Albert Zugsmith

Auntie Mame

The Defiant Ones

1959

Ben-Hur (still)

Anatomy of a Murder

North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock

Some Like It Hot - Billy Wilder

The Diary of Anne Frank

1960

The Apartment (still)

Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock

Elmer Gantry

The Magnificent Seven - John Sturges

The Alamo

1961

West Side Story (still)

Through a Glass Darkly - Allan Ekelund

The Hustler

Judgment at Nuremberg

Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Martin; Jurow; Richard Shepherd

1962

Lawrence of Arabia (still)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Willis Goldbeck

The Longest Day

1963

8 1/2 - Angelo Rizzoli

The Great Escape - John Sturges

Lillies of the Field

America, America

Cleopatra

1964

Mary Poppins

Dr. Strangelove

My Fair Lady

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Mag Bodard

Woman in the Dunes - Kiichi Ichikawa; Tadashi Ono

1965

The Sound of Music (still)

Doctor Zhivago

A Patch of Blue - Pandro S. Berman; Guy Green

Darling

Ship of Fools

1966

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woof?

A Man for All Seasons

The Professionals - Richard Brooks

The Sand Pebbles

A Man and A Woman - Claude Lelouch

1967

Persona - Ingmar Bergman

The Graduate

The Jungle Book - Walt Disney

In The Heat of the Night

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick

Oliver!

Funny Girl

The Lion in Winter

Rosemary’s Baby - William Castle

1969

Midnight Cowboy (still)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Z

The Wild Bunch - Phil Feldman

Easy Rider - Peter Fonda

1970

Patton (still)

M*A*S*H

Five Easy Pieces

Love Story

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Marina Cicogna; Daniele Senatore

1971

The French Connection (still)

The Last Picture Show

McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Mitchell Brower; David Foster

A Clockwork Orange

Fiddler on the Roof

1972

The Godfather (still)

The Emigrants

Cabaret

The Heartbreak Kid - Edgar J. Scherick

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Serge Silberman

1973

Cries and Whispers

The Sting

The Exorcist

American Graffiti

Paper Moon - Peter Bogdanovich

1974

The Godfather Part II (still)

A Woman Under the Influence - Sam Shaw

Chinatown

The Conversation

Blazing Saddles - Michael Hertzberg

1975 (kept the same)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (still)

Barry Lyndon

Dog Dag Afternoon

Jaws

Nashville

1976

Rocky (still)

Taxi Driver

Network

Mikey and Nicky - Michael Hausman

All the President’s Men

1977

Annie Hall (still)

Star Wars

The Goodbye Girl

Eraserhead - David Lynch

3 Women - Robert Altman

1978

The Deer Hunter (still)

Heaven Can Wait

Midnight Express

Days of Heaven - Bart Schneider; Harold Schneider

Dawn of the Dead - Richard P. Rubinstein

1979

Apocalypse Now

All That Jazz

Manhattan - Charles H. Joffe

Alien - Gordon Carroll; David Giler; Walter Hill

Kramer vs. Kramer

#cinema #movies #film #academy award #oscars #alfred hitchcock #francis ford coppola #ingmar bergman #alternative #david lean #stanley kubrick #mary poppins #the godfather #2001: a space odyssey #billy wilder

[thetalentedmrkashyap]

B-5 : Oscars 2023 Predictions - A Film fan's perspective (Part - 3)

We are just a week away from the 95th Academy Awards, a.k.a. The Oscars®. It will happen on March 13 at 5:30 PM IST. The celebrations of the Oscar season are at their peak. Amid the fun and excitement, here's a look at the final segment of the technical award categories and our predictions of the winners:-

Best Sound

Nominees: 

All Quiet on the Western Front – Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte

Avatar: The Way of Water – Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges

The Batman – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson

Elvis – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller

Top Gun: Maverick – Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor

Prediction(s): All Quiet on the Western Front/Top Gun: Maverick

It's usually a war/military movie or a musical that wins the Sound award. Topgun: Maverick seems to be a strong competitor because of the Action-filled dogfighting scenes and final combat in the climax. Western Front is also a strong contender because of the battle scenes. 

Best Production Design

Nominees: 

All Quiet on the Western Front – Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper

Avatar: The Way of Water – Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole

Babylon – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

Elvis – Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn

The Fabelmans – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

Prediction: Elvis

From the 1950s to the 1970s, the sets well-exhibit the story of the King of Rock n Roll - from his home to the carnivals to the stadiums to the TV and recording studios to the lavishing hotels of Las Vegas.

Best Cinematography

Nominees: 

All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths – Darius Khondji

Elvis – Mandy Walker

Empire of Light – Roger Deakins

Tár – Florian Hoffmeister

Prediction: All Quiet on The Western Front

It's because the camera work of James Friend captures the horrors of the First World War. The fighting in broad daylight is realistic and gives chills every time you see it.

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová

The Batman – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, and Mike Fontaine

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow

Elvis – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti

The Whale – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley

Prediction: Elvis

Is it possible to make a movie on Elvis Presley without his puffed hair and sideburns? Hairstyles play a crucial role in his era of the 1950s-70s.

Best Costume Designing

Nominees:

Babylon – Mary Zophres

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E. Carter

Elvis – Catherine Martin

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Shirley Kurata

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris – Jenny Beavan

Prediction: Elvis

The film is all about colors, nostalgia, and costumes of the Presley years.

Best Film Editing

Nominees:

The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

Elvis – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers

Tár – Monika Willi

Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton

Prediction: Top Gun: Maverick

The editing of the sortie scenes and the final aerial battle is what makes the Top Gun sequel the ultimate winner of the editing award.

Best Visual Effects

Nominees: 

All Quiet on the Western Front – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank, and Kamil Jafar

Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett

The Batman – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands, and Dominic Tuohy

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White, and Dan Sudick

Top Gun: Maverick – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher

Prediction: Avatar: The Way of Water

Cameron's film can become the first sequel to win the same award in this category. The beautiful visuals of the world of Pandora would surely take the trophy home.

[gatutor]

Dorothy Ford-Mickey Rooney "Los romances de Andy Hardy" (Love laughs at Andy Hardy) 1946, de Willis Goldbeck.

#Dorothy Ford #Mickey Rooney #Willis Goldbeck

[elcinelateleymickyandonie]

''LOS ROMANCES DE ANDY HARDY''

(Love Laughs at Andy Hardy)

Año: 1946

Dirección: Willis Goldbeck

Para ver la película ingresa al enlace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaavYF1O-Lg

[mariocki]

The Colossus of New York (1958)

"No... No, it's inhuman."

"Inhuman? It would've been inhuman to deny the world of his genius!"

#The Colossus of New York #creature feature #horror film #1958 #american cinema #Eugène Lourié #Thelma Schnee #Willis Goldbeck #john baragrey #mala powers #otto kruger #robert hutton #ross martin #charles herbert #roy engel #ed wolff #yesterday i watched this film and 12x oscar nominated The Power of the Dog‚ and i say in all seriousness that this is the film i can see #myself revisiting. great fun; classic creature feature both in its fx and chaos but also in the fact that (like a great many of its #fellows) this is really more concerned with matters of morality and ethics within the scientific community‚ the idea of what it is to be #human‚ the nature of love and hate etc. the actual monster man stuff is‚ as in many of these films‚ nearly an after thought (something that #is easily forgotten i think esp when looking at the lurid titles and poster art these films often carried). #fun to see Bob Hutton (later a regular on british tv as a stock american in episodes of The Saint etc) in his actual native USA #the costuming and creature fx are pretty good but only when stationary; in movement it all looks very awkward and cumbersome #the score is also neat: a sparse and evocative piano refrain throughout‚ apparently not a style choice but the necessary result #of a musicians strike. regardless it works very well and adds to the air of sadness and waste this carries

[badgaymovies]

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

Sergeant Rutledge (1960)

JOHN FORD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB USA, 1960. Warner Bros., John Ford Productions. Screenplay by James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck, based on the novel by James Warner Bellah. Cinematography by Bert Glennon. Produced by Patrick Ford, Willis Goldbeck. Music by Howard Jackson. Production Design by Eddie Imazu. Costume Design by Marjorie Best. Film Editing by Jack Murray. A courtroom is…

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#Bert Glennon #Billie Burke #Carleton Young #Constance Towers #Eddie Imazu #Howard Jackson #Jack Murray #James Warner Bellah #Jeffrey Hunter #John Ford #John Ford Productions #Juano Hernandez #Judson Pratt #Marjorie Best #Patrick Ford #Warner Bros. #Willis Bouchey #Willis Goldbeck #Woody Strode

[notesonfilm1]

Burt Lancaster, at peak handsomeness and in glorious Technicolor. There’s a bathtub scene whose only function is to display his body. The torture scene later on in the film has other functions, but it’s primary one is still to display that body. He’s already doing his Fairbanks-Flynn homage —soon to become a signature of his and catnip to comedians and impersonators – where he puts his hands on his hips, pushes his blond head-backward, juts his gleaming teeth forward and emits that joy-sparking laugh of his. There’s boys’ own action and light-hearted fun but it’s all a bit clunky, inconsequential and Orientalist.

It was well reviewed upon first release, with Time making a pun of its filmic lineage: ‘Ten Tall Men, a tall adventure tale of the French Foreign Legion, treats its old formula so lightheartedly that it becomes the beau jest of the genre.’ Newsweek’s review gets more at why it’s a bit harder to stomach today: ‘Lancaster’s persistent ingenuity in topping the natives might bring the film some hard feeling in the Sahara; elsewhere there is fun to be had.’ [1]

According to Kate Buford, ‘Lancaster would remember Rope of Sand (William Dieterle, 1949) as the worst film of his career.’ [2] But he must have been forgetting Ten Tall Men; and he had no one to blame but himself. It was produced by Norma Productions, his own production company. That it was relatively well reviewed and made money must have aided the forgetting.

Of all Burt Lancaster films released theatrically to 1985, there were only two I could not get on physical media, Ten Tall Men (Willis Goldbeck, 1951) and Vengeance Valley (Richard Thorpe, 1951), though the latter at least is available to stream on Prime. Watching the film, one understands why, though I must admit, I still enjoyed it more than I should. Handsome Burt laughing with pals doing physical action goes a long way with me. There is a version on youtube, which was too blurro-vision past a certain size for me to watch so I am indebted to Sheldon Hall for the loan of his copy.

  José Arroyo

[1] Ed Andreychuk, Burt Lancaster: A Filmography and Biography London: McFarland and Company, 2000, p. 58

[2] Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life, Loc 1802 of 10551 on Kindle.

Ten Tall Men (Willis Goldbeck, 1951) Burt Lancaster, at peak handsomeness and in glorious Technicolor. There’s a bathtub scene whose only function is to display his body.

#Burt Lancaster #Foreign Legion #Gilbert Roland #Norma Productions #Orientalism #Ten Tall Men #Willis Goldbeck